Anyway, has anyone actually played this and is it a good HD port, or a lazy port like most of Capcom's efforts? I do want it but £16 is an awful lot for a last general game unless they've really tried with it.

joelstinton wrote:
So, got myself to the first village, and done a few things. Game is really really pretty. And the OST is gorgeous. Don't like the voice warbling though. but i guess i get used to that.

That's actually something that's often overlooked, the soundtrack is as lush as the graphics. Wait until you hear the music on the Shinshu Plains. Utterly sublime.

so probably not the best person to ask. I guess you could wait to the DF artcile ( i guess there is going to be one.)

That's both good and bad. I do want this game but really don't need anything else to play right now; particularly 40 hour beasts like this. I really don't like Capcom much this gen and I think £16 is a lot of money, but then I do love this game. Definitely up there with both the best of last gen and the best games Capcom have ever produced.

Played it previously on the PS2, but never finished it. Jumped at the chance for another crack, in HD. Burned through the tutorial (having played plenty of games this gen, I no longer have any moans about Okami's slow start).

I gave up on this on PS2 when I realised that you have to fight every boss again near the end. Bought it last night and thought I'd have a quick blast, and next thing I've been playing for four hours. It really is a fantastic game with astounding design (both art and gameplay) and music. Decided I'm not buying anymore games until I finally finish it this time.

The four hours I played though, reminded me just what an excellent game this is. Definitely a game that has benefitted from HD.

i am about 5 hours into the game and apart from some pop-ins, which don't really bother, havent noticed any these points. it's been a long time since i played the ps2-version, but i think the hd-version runs really a lot smoother

I've noticed some Asian versions of this don't support English. Would anyone know if the European PSN download does? I had the misfortune of playing through the dreadful French version back in the PS2 days, and am not too keen to go through that again. Seriously: the thing was riddled with grammatical errors and misunderstandings. A real shame.

Yeah, that's a bit disappointing. I notice the object pop-in every now and then (especially with the animals that you have to feed). And the blurry effect is especially noticeable in combat when you move the camera.

But then again I'm finally playing this game for the first time and I'm loving it.

Ok, so in Australia (once I navigated the horror that is the new psn store) it's $29.95: wow. Really: wow.

Capcom have a quirky idea of digital value it must be said. As in a 'get stuffed I'm not buying your crap' kinda idea of value. I don't get it, they price themselves out of the ever buying anything they release in a digital format.

I was sorta interested as the Wii controls were very painful: oh well.

atomised wrote:
Ok, so in Australia (once I navigated the horror that is the new psn store) it's $29.95: wow. Really: wow.

Capcom have a quirky idea of digital value it must be said. As in a 'get stuffed I'm not buying your crap' kinda idea of value. I don't get it, they price themselves out of the ever buying anything they release in a digital format.

I was sorta interested as the Wii controls were very painful: oh well.

Sorry to hear about the Australian discrepancy. Though it doesn't seem that bad, if $29.95 is close to €24 as the web suggests.
I took a plunge, as wary as I was, having bought the game on PS2 at full price (ie 60 euros) back in the day, and am happy I did so : the game is great. And goes beyond the fond remembrance of times past.
I think they've priced this very sensibly, actually. It's pretty much a faultless endeavour. Which is not something you see everyday in the video game world.

Edit : And I am spared the god-awful French translation ! If there's a way to skip the "Move" instructions on start-up, I'd be keen to know it.

Yeah visually its a stunner. I'm doing bits with the dogs and the sparrow clan, and at times i just sit there taking in the beauty of the world, graphics, colours, tone etc etc. I go to say its one of the better looking games on a ps3 system.